Solar eclipse of June 1, 2030 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Annular |
Gamma | 0.5626 |
Magnitude | 0.9443 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 321 s (5 min 21 s) |
Coordinates | 56°30′N 80°06′E / 56.5°N 80.1°E |
Max. width of band | 250 km (160 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 6:29:13 |
References | |
Saros | 128 (59 of 73) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9575 |
An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Saturday, June 1, 2030,[1] with a magnitude of 0.9443. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring only about 23 hours after apogee (on May 31, 2030, at 7:15 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.[2]
The annular eclipse will start in northern Africa and will cross the Eurasian continent, including Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Malta, Greece, northwestern Turkey, southeastern Bulgaria, southeastern Ukraine, Russia, northern Kazakhstan, northeastern China and northern Japan. It will also pass through a number of large cities such as Tripoli, Athens, Istanbul, Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don, Volgograd, Omsk, Krasnoyarsk and Sapporo. The greatest eclipse will be near the border of Tomsk and Novosibirsk oblasts, ~200 km west of Tomsk. A partial eclipse will be visible for much of North Africa, Europe, Asia, Alaska, and northern Canada.